Twitter joke that turned into an actual country song an hour later. I'm in Huntsville with nothing but my ukulele, so this didn't get the full band treatment I'd otherwise do, but it works pretty well like this.posted to MeFi Music by cortex
at 1:06 PM on July 4, 2015
(9 comments)

Have you had to prep for the arrival of a major VIP (eg a Queen? a Head of State? the head of the United Nations) to your office or factory? What did you have to do?posted to Ask MetaFilter by almostwitty
at 8:45 PM on June 22, 2015
(14 comments)

I've recently gotten back into podcasts because my commute has changed and become more amendable to podcast-ing. Help me discover some new favorites.posted to Ask MetaFilter by rainbowbrite
at 7:05 AM on June 11, 2015
(24 comments)

This is such a silly question, but I would appreciate AskMe's perspective. My boyfriend and I are long distance, and yesterday I stumbled on "wedding" photos of him and his ex that were taken two weeks ago. He told me that it was from a video that his university is making for new students to show how glamorous graduate school life can be (he's a professor and an alum). Am I being irrational in doubting him?posted to Ask MetaFilter by sockpuppetry
at 6:11 PM on June 19, 2015
(237 comments)

I'd like to dabble more in graphic novels and comics for "grown ups". I like Julia Wertz and Allie Brosh--so basically I'm looking for stuff that is kinda gritty yet also kinda funny, preferably with a female's point of view. Who else might I enjoy?posted to Ask MetaFilter by oceanview
at 2:34 PM on June 22, 2015
(31 comments)

"In the simulation, an average game [of Chutes and Ladders] lasts 26.5 turns, but it is a right-tailed distribution, so the longest game lasted 146 turns! If only there was a way to give each game a more consistent and shorter length. Then, it hit me. There are nine ladders and ten slides. There is a ladder missing! What if I placed a new tenth ladder on the board that consistently shortened the game? Yes, but where?!"posted to MetaFilter by yeti
at 1:44 PM on June 9, 2015
(59 comments)

It’s been a busy year on Metafilter, with some big changes over the last twelve months. Some of the hardest changes were the result of the financial difficulties that came to a head last May with significant staffing cuts. And the best thing to happen for the site was the tremendous outpouring of generosity from Metafilter’s members in response to that financial crisis, through voluntary funding of Metafilter.

I want to thank all of you again for your support, and give you an update on where site finances are now, how funding has helped, and how we’re trying to make it easier to support the site in a way that works well for you—including a new alternative to PayPal.posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 9:40 AM on June 8, 2015
(223 comments)

You might have seen this image floating around, if you frequent the likes of Tumblr. One of many simple speculative choice pictures - here's eight pills that give you superpowers, which one would you take?

The Agency
is every online community member's worst fears come to life: a real honest-to-goodness troll/noise factory where dozens of employees using hundreds of accounts post thousands of highly targeted and coordinated attacks as awful comments on Twitter, Facebook, and forums in order to sway public opinion about geopolitics. From a nondescript office building in St. Petersburg, Russia, an army of well-paid “trolls” has tried to wreak havoc all around the Internet — and in real-life American communities...posted to MetaFilter by mathowie
at 7:55 AM on June 2, 2015
(79 comments)

Joe Stiglitz on Inequality, Wealth, and Growth: Why Capitalism is Failing
(video; if you don't have 30m, skip to 20m for discussion of political inequality, wealth, credit and monetary policy) - "If the very rich can use their position to get higher returns, more investment information, more extraction of rents, and if the very rich have equal or higher savings rates, then wealth will become more concentrated... economic inequality inevitably gets translated into political inequality, and political inequality gets translated into more economic inequality. The basic and really important idea here is that markets don't exist in a vacuum, that market economies operate according to certain rules, certain regulations that specify how they work. And those effect the efficiency of those markets, but they also effect how the fruits of the benefits of those markets are distributed and the result of that is there are large numbers of aspects of our basic economic framework that in recent years have worked to increase the inequality of wealth and income in our society... leading to a society which can be better described, increasingly, as an inherited plutocracy."posted to MetaFilter by kliuless
at 2:02 AM on June 2, 2015
(27 comments)

Are you alarmed about these new snake people? No?! You should be! So, here's a bot that gathers news about their doings for you.posted to MetaFilter Projects by ignignokt
at 3:42 PM on May 19, 2015
(5 comments)

What would a culture that doesn't hate women look like? I'm looking for books, movies, works of fiction and non-fiction in various formats/media, and your own musings and imaginings.posted to Ask MetaFilter by gakiko
at 11:39 PM on May 14, 2015
(19 comments)

I'm a web developer. I'm almost 40, and I'm starting to wonder how much longer I can expect to sling code in the trenches with the youngsters. I mean, I still have a number of years of relevance left in me—but it's hard to imagine that I'll remain competitive as a developer as I enter my 50s and 60s. I need to start thinking about the long game. So...what does the long game look like?posted to Ask MetaFilter by escape from the potato planet
at 5:56 PM on May 6, 2015
(15 comments)

I'd like to develop a post-work habit or ritual for as soon as I arrive home. Something that will send a signal to my brain that "work is over, and now you're home." What habits, rituals or environmental changes have worked well for you?posted to Ask MetaFilter by nightrecordings
at 4:58 PM on May 20, 2015
(39 comments)

Where do you travel to feel like you're the only travelers in a peaceful oasis? What I'd really love is an amazing sense of remoteness and quiet.posted to Ask MetaFilter by hotchocolate
at 3:33 PM on May 12, 2015
(33 comments)

It's become abundantly clear that the way in which I lose my temper and the frequency with which I do so is (and it's hard to admit this) abusive. My wife has rightly given me an ulitmatum. I need a plan and I have no idea how or where to begin.posted to Ask MetaFilter by Anonymous
at 12:39 AM on April 20, 2015
(71 comments)

How inconvenient is it to change your email address in the modern Internet environment? Nearly every web application in the world treats your email address as your login or account name: is updating that everywhere feasible?posted to Ask MetaFilter by Nelson
at 8:48 AM on May 5, 2015
(13 comments)

Wavelist lets you create and discover playlists of interesting podcast episodes. The first few playlist topics include marriage equality, the earthquake in Nepal, Sina Weibo and social networking in China, and weird birds.posted to MetaFilter Projects by bwerdmuller
at 4:43 PM on May 4, 2015
(2 comments)

The famous "pizza on the roof" throw in Breaking Bad - Bryan Cranston got it on the first try. Same with Sigourney Weaver and the basketball in Alien Resurrection. These tickle me. I'm looking for other times when an actor pulled off some ridiculous unlikely thing on film, ideally on the first try.posted to Ask MetaFilter by dirtdirt
at 6:41 AM on April 17, 2015
(44 comments)

I've been trying to find shows to watch streaming (Netflix US or Amazon Prime) that are interesting and entertaining without being cynical, negative, and/or over-the-top violent and gory, after realizing a lot of things I had been watching were pretty dark. Does anyone have any recommendations?posted to Ask MetaFilter by flatluigi
at 12:19 AM on April 21, 2015
(54 comments)

I'm a big fan of Kitchen Confidential and other "insider", confessional-type memoirs. After just finishing the rather disappointing Heads In Beds, I need recommendations for some really juicy tell-all memoirs about working in the service industry or pretty much anything interesting.posted to Ask MetaFilter by catatethebird
at 2:01 PM on April 4, 2015
(32 comments)

A self-proclaimed insufferable asshole named Matt complains about his new luxury watch. Turns out it's the most personal device ever, only not in an insanely great way. Still, he has hopes for the future of his new wearable computer. (MeFi's own mathowie at medium.com.)posted to MetaFilter by valkane
at 4:59 AM on April 27, 2015
(181 comments)

With Clarifai, an image concept extraction API utilizing convolutional neural networks, and ConceptNet, a lexical relationship database, I built a template system to generate paragraphs of text from photographs. word.camera is responsive — it works on desktop, tablet, and mobile devices. The code behind it is open source and available on GitHub, because lexography is for everyone.posted to MetaFilter Projects by TheMadStork
at 7:20 AM on April 13, 2015
(4 comments)

A friend tells me that there are few if any family-owned funeral parlors left in the US. Although nearly all funeral parlors appear to be small establishments, they are in fact operated by large corporations. The reason they maintain the family business atmosphere is because people don't want a big company dealing with their loved ones' remains. Is it true?posted to Ask MetaFilter by stinker
at 7:54 AM on April 24, 2015
(14 comments)

Toilet paper. Jumping off from my flub in the toiletlids thread, I want to know how you configure your new toilet paper rolls and and why you think that manner of installation works best. Toilet paper tongue over or under? More. Inside.posted to Ask MetaFilter by brownpau
at 12:09 PM on May 27, 2004
(28 comments)

In the Season 1 finale, Jimmy seizes the opportunity to reconnect with an old friend. Meanwhile, Chuck adjusts to a new way of life.posted to FanFare by Catblack
at 9:16 PM on April 6, 2015
(105 comments)

I'm tired of buying $100 shoes which don't last any longer than the $35 shoes I used to wear. It's time to put the Sam Vimes Theory of Economic Injustice to work for me. What are some well-made men's shoes that I can wear every day to walk the two miles to my casual academic-environment workplace and back, plus wear at work, without them wearing out immediately? I should be able to get them repaired or re-soled when they do have problems. Under $500 would be ideal.posted to Ask MetaFilter by hades
at 4:36 PM on April 13, 2015
(37 comments)

I'm looking for, ideally podcasts, but websites will do too, that give advice for starting to use a dslr in full manual mode. I have reasonable familiarity with the various settings on the camera so looking for advice on bringing them together. Guides on 'what to do on you first day shooting in manual' and the like especially welcome. As are any tips you might have.posted to Ask MetaFilter by roolya_boolya
at 6:24 AM on April 11, 2015
(13 comments)

MotiveWeight
is a submission-based Tumblr dedicated to showing healthy weight loss before and afters. Among the submission rules are: You must be using healthy means to lose weight. Your picture will not be posted if you are underweight for your height. And you can't describe your before picture as ‘disgusting’.posted to MetaFilter by showbiz_liz
at 7:41 PM on April 15, 2015
(82 comments)

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